An encyclical during the pandemic - Fratelli Tutti

Encyclical from Pope Francis during the pandemic ...

contains hagiographic related information

special encyclical pack from twenty-third publications

http://www.twentythirdpublications.com/spenpapa.html

New Arrivals ...

 We are still reading Saint Augustine's City of God ... there is a reader's guide

https://www.amazon.com/Augustines-City-God-Readers-Guide-dp-0198841248/dp/0198841248/

Dante's Divine Comedy is a new book we are reading

https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Comedy-illustrated-Gustave-Dore/dp/1507882777/

(it, too, has a reader's guide)

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Danteworlds-Readers-Divine-Comedy/dp/0226702707/ 

Catholic Journaling Bible ... 

https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-Journaling-Bible-Sunday-Visitor/dp/168192241X

All Saints' and Souls' Days - November 1st and 2nd

"The Christian holiday of All Saints' Day falls on 1 November, followed by All Souls' Day on 2 November, and is currently a Solemnity in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, a Festival in the Lutheran Churches, as well as a Principal Feast of the Anglican Communion." ~ Wikipedia

The Predella of the San Domenico Altarpiece by Fra Angelico is most often shown as a cropped piece of religious art featuring an all saints' concept - here is the art work as a whole as found on Wikimedia Commons

The Day of the Dead by William-Adolphe Bouguereau from Wikimedia Commons ... it is an autumn memorial day in November that you may associate with the spring memorial day in May 

references:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_Angelico_-_Predella_of_the_San_Domenico_Altarpiece_-_WGA00447.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_The_Day_of_the_Dead_(1859).jpg

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What is hagiography?

·       Online Oxford Dictionary: “the writing of the lives of saints; biography that idealizes its subject”

·       Online Merrium-Webster Dictionary: “The combining form -graphy comes from Greek graphein, meaning to write.  Hagio- comes from a Greek word that means saintly or holy.  This origin is seen in Hagiographa, the Greek designation of the Ketuvim, the third division of the Hebrew Bible.”

What is hagiography in Frostburg, Maryland?

·       “… reading and studying hagiography around the world from the location of Frostburg, Maryland in the form of research and education”

An invitation from Rebecca A. DeWitt

learn more about hagiography by visiting the Frostburg Hagiography Group online

http://fbhygp.blogspot.com/

Frostburg Hagiography Group

Frostburg Hagiography Group is a private organization unaffiliated with any religious organization.

Saints, Ecclesiastical Leaders, Icons; Religious Shields & Crests, Christian Symbols & Topics, Notable Places & Events of Church History, and much more ...

FHG 2020 summer reading project:

City of God

by

Saint Augustine

This reading project has been extended to the end of the year (12/31/20)

Rebecca A. DeWitt - Frostburg Hagiography Group Owner and Operator (unincorporated, organized 2015); Frostburg, Maryland  21532  http://fbhygp.blogspot.com/

... a summer of pandemic and violence as we read and study hagiography

Topic: Roman History (as it pertains to hagiography) 

I took a break from reading 'City of God' by Saint Augustine to have time for my online theology class, and I noticed that today was the feast day of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome, which occured about 350 years before Saint Augustine was defending Rome from pagans and writing about it in his book called 'City of God':

at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Martyrs_of_the_Church_of_Rome

at McGrath: https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/embracing-sacrifice

Theology at McGrath: https://mcgrath.nd.edu/

... doing the best we can during the covid19 coronavirus pandemic

FHG 2020 summer reading project:

City of God

by

Saint Augustine

check out this blog about Saint Augustine
http://corinquietam.blogspot.com/

Catholic Liturgy of the Hours

I'm taking another course at Notre Dame (McGrath) ... Liturgy of the Hours

Liturgy of the Hours is not a part of Mass; Liturgy of the Hours is a way Catholics pray

If you like hagiography, you will really like Liturgy of the Hours!


Today, the hour homily is by Saint Gregory of Nyssa ...

I always go to Wikipedia, first, to find out more about the saint
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Nyssa


I found the resources at Catholic Exchange to be very good ...

• Catholic Exchange (Divine Office)

https://catholicexchange.com/divine-office

• Catholic Exchange (article about St. Gregory of Nyssa)

https://catholicexchange.com/gregory-nyssa-saint-big-ideas-deep-faith


Link to Notre Dame (McGrath)
https://mcgrath.nd.edu/online-courses/step/courses/liturgical-prayer-the-liturgy-of-the-hours/